Garment-supporter.



PATBNTED MAY 19, 1908.

L. H. BROOKS.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.6, 1907.

E uvcufoz W3 In eases llNTT LUCIUS HOMER BROOKS, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOB OF TO T. H.

' SMITH, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

GARNT-SUPPQRTER.

No. ssaoes.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, LUcIUs HOMER BRooKs,'a citizen'of theUnite'd States of America, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is' a full and clear specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in'whicl1 Figure l is a perspective view of the belt showing its attachment to trousers and drawers; and Fig. '2 is a side view of a por tion of the outer face of the'belt showing one of the outer clamps; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the same, the section being taken down through the center of the clamp member; and, Fig. 4 is a side view of a portion of the inner face of the belt showing one of the inner clamps.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and improved garment-supporting belt adapted to be put around the body-inside of the trousers and to be worn with or without the ordinary outside belt, now generally worn principally for ornament, said .inside belt being provided with a series of.

characters, a designates the belt which may be of any suitable material but is preferably of a light, strong fabricand is provided with means for adjusting its endsto adapt it to difierent sized waists, the means shown .be- 1n on e end of the belt'and through which the other end of the belt is passed, this free end of the belt being adjustably fastened to the face of the belt by a series of ball and socket spring fasteners of the glove fastening type.

With this fastening device the belt may be readily taken off bysimply disengaging the l end from the fastening device with which it is engaged and drawing it through the loop or keeper, whereby the belt-may be, and preferably is, removed with the trousers.

Around the outside ofthe belt is fastened a series of clasps, each clasp consisting of a main plate t made of spring metal and .fas-

toned to the belt preferably by suitableeyelets ortangs struck up from the metaritself Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed. December 6, 1907. Serial No. 405,899.

a suitable loop or keeper attached to Patented May 19, 1908.

' and passed through the belt to the inner side thereof. This main plate extends practically the full width of the belt-andat its upper end it carries a suitable spring clamp c of the usual construction which opens downwardly to receive the upper edge of the trousers and clamp down over the same.

The ripper end of the main plate and the pivotal point of the-clasp are above the upper edge of the belt so that when the-trousers are clasped in the clasps the belt will be hidden.

The idea of extendin the plates downward the full width-of t e belt is to utilize these plates as stays to prevent the downward pull of the trousers from pulling the upper edge of the belt over outwardly far enough to detach the trousers from the clamps or. to fold overthe belt. The plates are'made resilient so that they give somewhat to this tendency to bend them over outwardly and to automatichlly restore them selves to vertical position.

The inside series of clamps are of the same construction as the outside series except that they are mounted lower down on the belt so as to be practically concealed thereby so as to prevent the upper edge of the drawers being exposed above the u'pperedge of the belt. The spring'base plates of these clasps prevent the down-drag of the drawers pulling the edge of the belt over inwardly so that the weightof-the drawers practically counterbalances the weight of the trousers; As-will be noted the clamps of the inner series are arranged. at points betweenthe clamps of the outer series so that the belt will what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

. l. A. garment supporting belt having .means for detachably and adjustably connecting its ends and provided with a series of clasps on its outer side opening downwardly and adapted to clasp the trousers against outer face of the belt, and another series clamps fastened on the inner side of the bel and opening downwardly and adapted clamp the drawers to the inner side. of th belt, for the purposes set forth.

- r Ll) 2 seams 2. A garment-supporting belt rovide'd nating with the aforesaidseries and arranged 10 with means for detachably and a justably below the level of the outer series of clamps. connecting its ends, a series of trouser-sup- In testimony whereof I'hereunto affix my porting olasps opening downwardl and arsignature in the presence of two witnesses ranged at intervals along the outside of the this 2 day of November, 1907.

belt and projecting above the upper edge LUCIUS HOMER BROOKS. thereof, and another series of drawers sdp- Witnesses:

porting clas s opening downwardly and ar' THOS. HERBERT SMITH,

ranged on the inside of the belt and alter- HENRY B. BYRNE. 

